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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Ault Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ault Alliance” or the “Company”) is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact. Through its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, the Company owns and operates a data center at which it mines Bitcoin and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence ecosystems and other industries, and provides mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including metaverse platform, oil exploration, crane services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical/biopharma, consumer electronics, hotel operations and textiles. In addition, the Company extends credit to select entrepreneurial businesses through a licensed lending subsidiary.

 

The Company has the following eight reportable segments:

 

·Energy and Infrastructure (“Energy”) – crane operations, advanced textiles processing and oil exploration;

 

·Technology and Finance (“Fintech”) – commercial lending, activist investing, stock trading, media, and digital learning;

 

·SMC – consumer electronics;

 

·Sentinum, Inc. (“Sentinum”) – digital currencies mining operations and colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence ecosystems and other industries;

 

·GIGA – defense industry;

 

·TurnOnGreen – commercial electronics solutions;

 

·ROI – immersive metaverse platform; and

 

·Ault Disruptive – a special purpose acquisition company.

 

Reverse Stock Splits

 

On May 15, 2023, pursuant to the authorization provided by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock by a ratio of one-for-three hundred (the “1-for-300 Reverse Split”). The 1-for-300 Reverse Split did not affect the number of authorized shares of common stock, preferred stock or their respective par value per share. As a result of the 1-for-300 Reverse Split, each three hundred shares of common stock issued and outstanding prior to the 1-for-300 Reverse Split were converted into one share of common stock. The 1-for-300 Reverse Split became effective in the State of Delaware on May 17, 2023.

 

On January 12, 2024, pursuant to the authorization provided by the Company’s stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock by a ratio of one-for-twenty-five (the “1-for-25 Reverse Split”). The 1-for-25 Reverse Split did not affect the number of authorized shares of common stock, preferred stock or their respective par value per share. As a result of the 1-for-25 Reverse Split, each twenty-five shares of common stock issued and outstanding prior to the 1-for-25 Reverse Split were converted into one share of common stock. The 1-for-25 Reverse Split became effective in the State of Delaware on January 16, 2024.

 

All share amounts in these financial statements have been updated to reflect the 1-for-300 Reverse Split and the 1-for-25 Reverse Split.